Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)

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$Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) on Dogbane flowers.\nPhoto taken in Bear Creek Canyon and North Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso Co., CO on July 01, 2005.$ $Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) on Dogbane flowers.\nPhoto taken in Bear Creek Canyon and North Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso Co., CO on July 01, 2005.$ $Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) on Dogbane flowers.\nPhoto taken in Bear Creek Canyon and North Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso Co., CO on July 01, 2005.$ $Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)\nTaken in the Huachuca Mountains at Garden Canyon in Cochise Co., AZ on August 23, 2004.$

$Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)\nTaken in the Huachuca Mountains at Garden Canyon in Cochise Co., AZ on August 23, 2004.$ $Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)\nTaken in the Huachuca Mountains at Garden Canyon in Cochise Co., AZ on August 23, 2004.$

This is a western US species, these photos were taken in southeastern Arizona and Colorado. The Western Tiger Swallowtail is a slightly smaller look alike species. The two tails makes for an easy ID if they aren't missing.

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